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# Test 4 · ★ · Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lowkey, what's in the big basket Remus is totin' down the street?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Remus totin

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 594 «Uncle Remus, Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey, part 30: a proud coast servant brags, Remus teases back, then a toothache sends him grumbling to the office» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/594-pg2306-part30/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t4:1
# text = Lowkey, what's in the big basket Remus is totin' down the street?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Remus	remus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	totin	totin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Lowkey | Remus totin |  |  |  | down the street | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mustard, poke salad, lamb's quarter, and a jar of sweet pickles from the Savannah market

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t4:o1:1
# text = Mustard, poke salad, lamb's quarter, and a jar of sweet pickles from the Savannah market
1	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poke	poke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pickles	pickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Savannah	Savannah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | infinitive | Mustard | salad |  | the Savannah market |  | a jar of sweet pickles *obl* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent salad=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mustard, cabbage, and turnip greens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t4:o2:1
# text = Mustard, cabbage, and turnip greens
1	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	turnip	turnip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	greens	green	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mustard, poke salad, and lamb's quarter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t4:o3:1
# text = Mustard, poke salad, and lamb's quarter
1	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poke	poke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | infinitive | Mustard | salad |  |  |  | lamb's quarter *obl* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent salad=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mustard, poke salad, lamb's quarter, and a big pot of fried chicken

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:594-pg2306-part30:t4:o4:1
# text = Mustard, poke salad, lamb's quarter, and a big pot of fried chicken
1	Mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poke	poke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	salad	salad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	fried	fry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poke** | infinitive | Mustard | salad |  |  |  | a big pot of fried chicken *obl* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent salad=Theme |
| 2 | **fry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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